Automate repetitive work so your company runs while you sleep
This week removes repetitive manual work through reliable workflows. You will map the process first, automate carefully, and measure the time and errors saved.
Automation works best when the steps and exceptions are already understood. Do not automate a process that changes every day. Begin with repetitive, reversible, low risk work such as copying a new lead into a tracker or sending an onboarding reminder.
Record the trigger, required data, conditions, actions, destination, owner, and failure path. Mark any step that needs approval. This map becomes the build specification and the test plan.
AI can classify, summarise, or draft inside an automation, but its output may vary. Use clear instructions, approved context, and human review for messages or decisions with meaningful consequences.
Every workflow needs logs, test records, and a person who notices failures. Add duplicate protection and clear error alerts. Measure time saved using a realistic baseline rather than an optimistic estimate.
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Why it fits: Demonstrates how triggers, actions, APIs and AI steps become practical business automations.
Automate one repetitive process, such as receiving a form, summarizing the response and creating a follow-up task.
The video supports the lesson above — it doesn't replace it.
Help me design an automation for this process. Return the trigger, inputs, conditions, actions, systems, owner, approval points, failure alerts, privacy risks, and test cases. Identify any step that should remain manual. Do not assume the apps can perform an action unless I confirm it.
Week 11 · Case study
Source note: Documented customer story from Replit. Hackathon participation and application totals are reported by the platform. The student-sized version below is an illustrative exercise, not part of the reported case.
Ecommerce technology company Rokt began experimenting with Replit by building a simple notepad. The team then created a more substantial compliance-checking application in a day.
During a company hackathon, more than 700 employees created 135 applications in 24 hours. The resulting tools included reporting dashboards, task engines, document workflows, CRM utilities, and alerting systems.
The student lesson is not to build 135 applications. It is to look for repetitive, rules-based work with clear inputs and outputs.
Select one repeated process involving a form, spreadsheet, or email. Automate the happy path, add duplicate protection, and send an alert when information is missing.
Who notices and corrects the problem when the automation fails?
Respond in your submission →Build three automations intended to save at least five hours per week. Submit each workflow map, a demonstration, test results, failure handling, and a calculation of the expected weekly time saved.